3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.


In Context

1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

4 A high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Proverbs 21:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:3To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:3To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:3To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:3To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:3To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:3To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.